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Chan began the 2008–2009 season at the [[2008 Skate Canada International]].
Chan began the 2008–2009 season at the [[2008 Skate Canada International]].
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==Coaching changes==
==Coaching changes==

Revision as of 17:18, 4 March 2009

Patrick Chan
Chan at the 2009 Four Continents Championships.
Full namePatrick Chan
Height171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Figure skating career
Country Canada
CoachDon Laws
Skating clubGranite Club
For the Hong Kong judge Patrick Chan, see Court of Final Appeal.

Patrick Chan (born December 31, 1990) is a Canadian figure skater. He is the 2008 & 2009 Canadian Champion, the 2009 Four Continents champion, and the 2007 World Junior silver medalist.

Biography

Personal life

Chan was born in Ottawa, Ontario. He is of Han Chinese descent. His Chinese name is Chen Weiqun (simplified Chinese: 陈伟群; traditional Chinese: 陳偉群; pinyin: Chén Wěiqún; Jyutping: can4 wai5 kwan4). His father, Louis, immigrated to Canada from Hong Kong when he was a child; his mother, Karen, immigrated from Hong Kong at age 20.[1][2] Chan speaks English, French, and Cantonese, [1][3] and attends École secondaire Étienne-Brûlé[3], a French language school in North York, Toronto.

In January 2008, the Chinese Cultural Center of Greater Toronto (Youth Chapter) conferred Chan with the 2007 Chinese Canadian Youth of the Year award.[4][5] In May 2008, Chan was named Asian of the Year in arts and sports by Asia Network magazine.[6]

Career

Patrick Chan started skating at age five. He won three consecutive National titles from 2003 to 2005: the pre-novice title in 2003, the novice title in 2004, and the junior title in 2005.

His win at the Junior level at the 2005 Canadian Figure Skating Championships earned him a trip to the 2005 World Junior Figure Skating Championships. He placed 7th at the event. At the age of fourteen, he was the youngest skater at the event.[7]

In the 2005–2006 season, Chan made his Junior Grand Prix debut. He won the gold medal at the event in Montreal and placed 4th at the event in Slovkia. He qualified for the Junior Grand Prix Final, where he placed 5th. He made his senior national debut at the 2006 Canadian Figure Skating Championships. He placed 7th and earned a trip to the 2006 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, where he placed 6th.

Despite having only one Junior international medal, Chan made the choice to move up to the senior Grand Prix in the 2006–2007 season. He was assigned two Grand Prix events. Chan made his senior international debut at the 2006 Trophee Eric Bompard, where he placed 5th. He followed it up at the 2006 NHK Trophy, where he placed 7th.

In January 2007, Chan competed at the 2007 Canadian Figure Skating Championships in Halifax and placed 5th. This earned him his third consecutive trip to the Junior Worlds, where he won the silver medal, becoming the first Canadian men's skater since 1984[8] to win a medal at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships.[9]

Chan began the 2007–2008 Grand Prix season at the 2007 Skate America, where he won the bronze medal. He then went on to win the 2007 Trophee Eric Bompard. He placed 5th at the 2007–2008 Grand Prix Final. After winning the 2008 Canadian Figure Skating Championships at age 17, it was widely reported that Chan had become the youngest Canadian men's champion in history.[10][11][12][13][14][15]

Chan competed at the 2008 World Figure Skating Championships in March, 2008. He placed seventh in the short program and eleventh in the free skating, placing ninth overall.[16] Canada had two spots to the 2008 World Championships. Chan's placement, combined with that of Jeffrey Buttle, who won the event, earned Canada three spots to the 2009 World Figure Skating Championships in the men's event.

Chan began the 2008–2009 season at the 2008 Skate Canada International. HI whats up

Coaching changes

Chan was coached by Osborne Colson from the beginning of his career until Colson's death in July, 2006. Chan switched coaches to Shin Amano, who coached in the same facility. This was a temporary arrangement that lasted six months. Chan began working with Don Laws as a secondary coach and switched fully to Laws in 2007.[17]

Programs

Season Short Program Free Skating Exhibition
2008-2009 Tango de los Exilados
by Walter Taieb
performed by Vanessa Mae 		Allegro Scherzando & Andante
from Cello Sonata
Allegro Scherzando
from Piano Concerto No. 2
by Sergei Rachmaninov 		Time To Say Goodbye
by Andrea Bocelli
2007-2008 Exile to Snowy West and in the Bamboo Forest
by Tan Dun 		The Four Seasons
by Antonio Vivaldi 		Nessun Dorma
Yesterday
by Michael Bolton
2006-2007 Gourmet Valse Tatare
by Klaus Badelt 		Excerpts from The Four Seasons
by Antonio Vivaldi 		Nessun Dorma
2005-2006 La Represion
by Lalo Schifrin
Feline
by E. van Dijken 		Guitar Concerto
by John Williams
Symphony No.2 Romantic
by H. Hanson
Romance from Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
by E. Korngold
2004-2005 La Represion
by Lalo Schifrin
Feline
by E. van Dijken 		Burn It All &
You Go, We Go &
Fahrenheit 451
from Backdraft soundtrack
by Hans Zimmer and Jay Rifkin

Competitive highlights

Chan during his Tango de los Exilados short program at the 2009 Four Continents Championships.
Event 2003–2004 2004–2005 2005–2006 2006–2007 2007–2008 2008–2009
World Championships 9th TBD
Four Continents Championships 1st
World Junior Championships 7th 6th 2nd
Canadian Championships 1st N. 1st J. 7th 5th 1st 1st
Grand Prix Final 5th 5th
Trophée Eric Bompard 5th 1st 1st
Skate Canada International 1st
Skate America 3rd
NHK Trophy 7th
ISU Junior Grand Prix Final 5th
Junior Grand Prix, Montreal 1st
Junior Grand Prix, Slovakia 4th
NACS Waterloo 5th J.
NACS Thornhill 3rd N.
Eastern Challenge 2nd N. 4th J.
  • N = Novice level; J = Junior level

Detailed results

Chan (center) with the other medalists from the 2009 Four Continents Championships.

2008-2009 season

2008–2009 Season
Date Event SP FS Points
February 4 - 8, 2009 2009 ISU Four Continents Championships 1
88.90 		1
160.29 		1
249.19
January 14 - 18, 2009 2009 Canadian Figure Skating Championships 1
88.89 		1
165.93 		1
254.82
December 11 - 14, 2008 2008 ISU Grand Prix Final 6
68.00 		5
137.16 		5
205.16
November 13 - 16, 2008 2008 ISU Grand Prix Trophée Eric Bompard 1
81.39 		1
156.70 		1
238.09
October 31 - November 2, 2008 2008 ISU Grand Prix Skate Canada 2
77.47 		3
137.98 		1
215.45

2007-2008 season

2007–2008 Season
Date Event SP FS Points
March 17 - 23 , 2008 2008 ISU World Figure Skating Championships 7
72.81 		11
130.74 		9
203.55
January 16 - 20, 2008 2008 Canadian Figure Skating Championships 2
73.42 		1
159.26 		1
232.68
December 13 - 16, 2007 2007 ISU Grand Prix Final 6
68.86 		5
139.27 		5
208.13
November 15 - 18 , 2007 2007 ISU Grand Prix Trophée Eric Bompard 2
70.89 		1
144.05 		1
214.94
October 25 - 28, 2007 2007 ISU Skate America 3
67.47 		3
145.86 		3
213.33

2006-2007 season

2006–2007 Season
Date Event Level SP FS Points
February 26 - March 4, 2007 2007 ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships Junior 1
64.10 		4
120.45 		2
184.55
January 15 - 21, 2007 2007 Canadian Figure Skating Championships Senior 11
57.42 		5
130.12 		5
187.54
November 30 - December 3, 2006 2006 ISU Grand Prix NHK Trophy Senior 8
60.80 		6
113.54 		7
174.34
November 17 - 19, 2006 2006 ISU Trophée Eric Bompard Senior 6
57.82 		5
122.10 		5
179.92

2005-2006 season

2005–2006 Season
Date Event Level QR SP FS Points
March 6 - 12, 2006 2006 ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships Junior 6
105.10 		3
59.54 		6
108.65 		6
168.19
January 9 - 15, 2006 2006 Canadian Figure Skating Championships Senior 4
29.75 		6
63.85 		10
108.71 		7
202.31
November 24 - 27, 2005 2005 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final Junior 9
43.72 		3
110.88 		5
154.60
September 22 - 25, 2005 2005 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Canada Junior 2
52.82 		1
115.01 		1
167.83
September 1 - 4, 2005 2005 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Slovakia Junior 8
47.27 		3
100.72 		4
147.99

2004-2005 season

2004–2005 Season
Date Event Level QR SP FS Points
February 28 - March 6, 2005 2005 ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships Junior 2
110.22 		11
53.24 		6
107.77 		7
161.01
January 17 - 23, 2005 2005 Canadian Figure Skating Championships Junior 1
53.08 		1
98.79 		1
151.87
  • QR = Qualifying Round; SP = Short Program; FS = Free Skating

References

  1. ^ a b Nealin, Laurie (2007-10-22). "Chan eyeing SKAM podium". Retrieved 2007-10-24.
  2. ^ "ISU Biography". Retrieved 2008-03-11.
  3. ^ a b "AsianAthlete.com: Patrick Chan". Retrieved 2008-01-18.
  4. ^ "Patrick Chan wins Chinese Canadian Youth Achievement Award". Skate Canada. 2008-01-09. Retrieved 2008-01-18. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  5. ^ "12華青榮獲青年成就獎 陳偉群當選「風雲青年」" (in Chinese). Ming Pao Toronto. 2008-01-13. Retrieved 2008-01-18. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  6. ^ Shufelt, Tim (2008-05-22). "Asian awards focus on spirit of helping". The Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 2008-05-25. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  7. ^ Mittan, Barry (2005-05-01). "Canadian Chan on a Gold Medal Streak". Skate Today. Retrieved 2008-01-18. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  8. ^ Druzin, Randi (2007-11-20). "Patrick Chan: Canadian teenager carving a name for himself in first senior season". CBC Sports. Retrieved 2008-01-18. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  9. ^ "ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships - Junior Men". Retrieved 2008-01-18.
  10. ^ Smith, Beverly (2008-01-19). "Chan becomes youngest men's champion". Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2008-01-27. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  11. ^ Bell, Terry (2008-01-19). "Chan becomes Canada's youngest men's figure skating champ". National Post. Retrieved 2008-01-20. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  12. ^ Little, Lyndon (2008-01-19). "Chan youngest to nab Canadian crown". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 2008-01-27. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  13. ^ "Chan youngest to win men's national title". TSN. 2008-01-19. Retrieved 2008-01-27.
  14. ^ "陳偉群花式溜冰錦標賽摘金" (in Chinese). Ming Pao Vancouver. 2008-01-20. Retrieved 2008-01-27.
  15. ^ Cleary, Martin (2008-01-30). "More skating success stories begin this week in Ottawa". The Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 2008-01-30. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  16. ^ "Canada's figure skaters on target for 2010 Vancouver Olympics". Canadian Press. 2008-03-23. Retrieved 2008-03-23. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  17. ^ Mittan, Barry (2007-09-10). "Chan Sets Sights on 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games". Golden Skate. Retrieved 2008-01-18. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
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